UK secures historic G7 commitments to tackle climate change and halt biodiversity loss by...

G7 Environment and Climate ministers commit to tackle climate change. G7 Environment and Climate ministers commit to protect land and ocean to bend the curve of biodiversity loss by 2030. They also commit to...

ENERGY MINISTER VISITS H2H SALTEND PROJECT TO VIEW PLANS FOR THE UK’S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL...

Energy Minister Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP visited Saltend Chemicals Park this week to meet leading voices from the Zero Carbon Humber (ZCH) partnership and the wider ‘Northern Endurance Partnership’ (NEP). The Northern Endurance Partnership...

Two million revolutionary bricks go into annual production

A new brick producing a tenth of the carbon emissions of a traditional one is poised to go into commercial production. Zero Waste Scotland has pledged £1m for manufacturing Kenoteq's K-Briq made from over 90...

Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation welcomes new Environment Bill provisions to tackle storm overflows

On 11 May 2021 it was announced that new legal duties on water companies and government will be included in the Environment Bill to reduce sewage discharged into waterways. The additions to the Environment Bill include duties...

30000 steel fabrication jobs needed to make 8000 giant wind turbines for CCC net...

UP TO 30,000 NEW JOBS IN UK STEEL FABRICATION TO BUILD APPROX 300 GIANT WIND TURBINES EACH YEAR NEEDED TO MEET NET ZERO CARBON BY 2050 ARE VITAL FOR LEVELLING UP COASTAL AND INDUSTRIAL...

CO-OP to be the first supermarket to sell fully carbon neutral own brand food...

New ten-point climate plan sets out blueprint for Co-op to achieve net zero for its direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2040, met by: Offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions of Co-op products and services, including its food and...

The Rivers Trust responds to amendments made to the environment bill, announced by Defra...

The Rivers Trust welcomes the amendments to the Environment Bill announced by Defra today, which focus on tackling storm overflows and sewage pollution. The Environment Bill will now include legal duties to tackle sewage discharges...

Renewables training provider gets visit from Rishi Sunak

MP for Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunak, visited renewables training provider, GTEC – a company leading the way when it comes to creating the ‘green’ installers needed to meet carbon reduction targets. Making our homes low carbon offers...

Tech investing is the key to Biden’s ‘Race to Zero’ to avoid climate crisis

President Biden’s ‘Race to Zero’ to reduce carbon emissions is underway, and go-ahead companies are jockeying to deliver emerging tech solutions to win it. Leading nations including the USA (2nd biggest carbon emitter globally*), UK...

Carlsberg opens water recycling plant and becomes the world’s most water efficient brewery

On May 6, Carlsberg is inaugurating a new, revolutionary water recycling plant that recycles 90 percent of the process water at the Carlsberg brewery in Fredericia, Denmark. This makes the Fredericia brewery the most...